Maranda Fritz is a respected litigator with a nationally recognized practice devoted to white collar criminal and civil litigation. Ms. Fritz’s practice places particular emphasis in the areas of securities fraud, money laundering, RICO, insurance fraud, bank fraud, health care fraud and tax fraud, and she has extensive experience in both trial and investigative matters pertaining to financial crimes.

Ms. Fritz’s clients include corporations, executives and employers in the financial and brokerage industries, and she has successfully defended a range of white collar clients in discussions with prosecuting agencies, at trial and, if necessary, on appeal. Ms. Fritz has tried a series of lengthy white collar cases, including a fuel sales tax prosecution, claimed by the prosecution to be the largest of its kind in New Jersey. After a seven month trial, Ms. Fritz’s client was acquitted on all charges. Ms. Fritz has also tried a number of lengthy securities fraud cases involving individuals associated with brokerage firms, including Stratton Oakmont, Monroe Parker Securities, A.R. Baron, Duke Securities, Hanover Sterling, Investor’s Associates, Meyers Pollack and A.S. Goldmen. More recently, she has defended individuals accused of improper trading practices in relation to mutual funds and hedge funds.

Ms. Fritz also represents entities and individuals appearing before or who are the subject of regulatory or administrative proceedings before the Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Association of Securities Dealers. Ms. Fritz joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in October 2005. She has been in private practice since 1993, first with Fritz & Miller, P.C., and then since 2001 as a sole practitioner. Previously, Ms. Fritz was, for six years, senior investigative counsel in the Fraud Bureau of the New York County District Attorney’s Office, where she was responsible for all facets of investigation and prosecution of complex criminal cases. From 1984 to 1987, Ms. Fritz was with Grand & Ostrow, and from 1982 to 1984, with Weil, Gotshal & Manges.

Since 1992, Ms. Fritz has been an adjunct professor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York, where she teaches “Prosecution of Complex White Collar Criminal Cases.”

She is a member of the New York City Bar, the American Bar Association, the New York County American Inns of Court, the New York Council of Defense Lawyers and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. She is also a member of the Departmental Disciplinary Committee.

In 2011, Ms. Fritz was selected for inclusion in “The Best Lawyers in America®” in the area of Criminal Defense: White-Collar. Ms. Fritz’s publications include:

• “Expunging a Criminal Past,” co-author, White Collar Supplement of the New York Law Journal, February 14, 2011.
• “Mail & Wire Fraud,” chapter co-author, Business Crime, edition, March 1996.
• “Hobbs Act,” chapter co-author, Business Crime, edition, March 1995.
• “New York City’s Campaign Finance Laws,” co-author, The New York Law Journal, June 17, 1993.
• “The Martin Act: New York State’s Securities,” co-author, The New York Law Journal, November 15, 1991.
• “Subpoenas to Lawyers,” co-author, PLI Advance White Color Criminal Practice (1983) and reprinted in Legal Notes and Viewpoints Quarterly 25 (1984).
• “Attorney-Conducted Voir Dire,” co-author, PLI The Jury 1984: Techniques for the Trial Lawyer (1984).

Ms. Fritz also speaks on the topics of white collar crime and her other areas of practice. Her presentations include:

• “The Bar . . . Behind Bars?: Potential Criminal Exposure of Attorneys,” Hinshaw’s Professional Responsibility & Risk Management Conference, New York, New York, October 2006.
• “What Corporate Counsel Should Know About Criminal and Disciplinary Risks,” Hinshaw’s “Ethics Seminar,” Chicago, Illinois, September 2006.